Ukrainian troops face artillery shortages, scale back some operations - commander

A Ukrainian serviceman digs an anti tank ditch with a MDK-3 military engineering vehicle, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near Belarus border in Chornobyl exclusion zone, Ukraine December 14, 2023. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich/File Photo

KYIV/LONDON (Reuters) - Frontline Ukrainian troops face shortages of artillery shells and have scaled back some military operations because of a shortfall of foreign assistance, a senior army general told Reuters.

Brigadier General Oleksandr Tarnavskyi was speaking after Republican lawmakers held up a $60-billion U.S. aid package and Hungary blocked 50 billion euros ($54.5 billion) in European Union funding for Kyiv as it battles Russia's invasion.